How to right-align text in an Android TextView or EditText?

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I have an EditText in my application. I want to align the text in it to the right instead of the default left. I tried adding

android:layout_gravity="right"

but this doesn't seem to work. any other suggestions please?

score 135 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '11 at 03:46

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You should use android:gravity="right". layout_gravity is for the view (EditText) alignment against the container.

answered Apr 18 '11 at 03:46

Randy Sugianto 'Yuku'

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It's odd that the hint stops working once you do this gravity=right – Ross Hambrick Apr 23 '12 at 21:33
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For people with web experience. android:gravity works like text-align:center and android:layout_gravity:left|bottom works like float:left|bottom – Zar E Ahmer Nov 02 '16 at 04:39

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 07 '12 at 07:53

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You may use android:layout_alignParentRight="true" to align the EditText's right edge to its parent's right edge. Also, if you really want to use the layout_gravity or gravity attributes, check out this article that discusses the proper use of them.

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answered Apr 18 '11 at 04:32

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 18 '11 at 06:20

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You can jst set property for edit text in property window i.e. Gravity to right or by adding code of lin e in xml file of UI : android:gravity="right"

answered Apr 18 '11 at 06:20

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 16 '15 at 10:54

layout_gravity means that you are specifying the layouts attribute, not the element inside. In some conditions, such as layout_width and layout_height is wrap_content, layout specifications can give what you want about the element inisde your layout, since the boundries of the layout and the element (not elements) are the same..

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 24 '20 at 09:21

use layout width and height as wrap content inside relative layout :

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/icon"
        android:layout_width="64dp"
        android:layout_height="64dp"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:paddingEnd="16dp"
        android:paddingStart="8dp"
        tools:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:paddingRight="16dp"
        android:paddingLeft="8dp"
        android:contentDescription="@string/todo" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/title"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_toEndOf="@id/icon"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:lines="1"
        android:paddingTop="8dp"
        tools:text="Google"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/icon" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/last_used"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:paddingTop="8dp"
        tools:text="Last used: yesterday at 18.54" />
</RelativeLayout>

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